What has Britain lost that you wish would come back? 17 little parts of life that are sorely missed
10.
‘Common sense.
‘It died in 2016, Britain had a reputation for being level headed, one day in June 2016 ruined that.’
-OldGuto
11.
‘Knightmare’
-TickleMyFissure
12.
‘Beat bobbys, and at least enough to solve basic crime. But we’d also need to remove 90% of the bureaucracy they need to deal with at the same time.’
-justcbf
13.
‘Just drinks to have full sugar in them again. I’m not saying get rid of zero drinks, but more just leave the full sugar ones alone, rather than reformulating with sweeteners’
-Jlaw118
14.
‘I hate how Americanised we are now. We’re just like America and it’s gross.’
-BigAd1596
15.
‘All the wildlife and hedgerows before intensive farming and pesticides in the late 60s and 70s.’
-Glittering_Vast938
16.
‘Risk tolerance. Everyone seems so afraid of everything. Let your kids play outside. Actually, force your kids to play outside and do stupid shit like build soap box derby cars and race them down a hill. Get scrapes on your knees. Live a little. In fact, live a lot.’
-GiantSpicyHorses
17.
‘Local pubs in small villages.
‘Used to be that every single village in the UK had at least a Church, post office, and a pub.
‘But increasingly, pubs try to be “gastro pubs”, before they eventually burn and crumble.
‘Please can we just have small pubs for drinks, and maybe a sandwich served at the bar??’
-Thats_my_nirnroot